Uses Not Covered by the WPS

Some pesticide uses are not covered by the WPS, even when the "Agricultural Use Requirements" section is on the labeling. For example, if the pesticide label includes this section, but the product can also be applied to rights-of-way, the rights-of-way use is not covered by the WPS.

The WPS does not cover the following types of pesticide applications:

• On pastures or rangelands
• For control of vertebrate pests, such as rodents
• As attractants or repellants in traps
• On the portions of agricultural plants that have been harvested, such as in packing houses or on cut timber
• For mosquito repellant; Mediterranean fruit fly eradication; or similar government-sponsored, wide-area public pest control programs
• On livestock or other animals, or in and around animal premises
• On plants grown for other than commercial or research purposes, which may include plants in habitations, home fruit and vegetable gardens, and home greenhouses
• On plants that are in ornamental gardens, parks, golf courses, and public or private lawns and grounds that are intended only for decorative or environmental benefit
• In a manner not directly related to the production of agricultural plants, including, for example, control of vegetation along rights-of-way and in other non-crop areas and control of structural pests, such as for termite control and wood preservation
• For research uses of unregistered pesticides

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